Is Haiku still compatible with R5 Pro?

Forum thread started by idJoe on Fri, 2005-01-21 18:00

I am currently using Developer Edition 2.1.2 which is compatible with R5 Pro.
Will Haiku remain be compatible with it too?

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Is Haiku still compatible with R5 Pro?

For the most part, yes.

It'll be generally binary and source compatible with R5 Pro with BONE. However, at the moment it looks unlikely that many or any of the completely hidden API's, such as PCMCIA interfaces, media kit decoders/encoders and app_server communications many not be reimplemented

At the application level, it should just work fine.

Re: Is Haiku still compatible with R5 Pro?

I'm all for PCMCIA in Haiku...has any definitive descision been made on it yet (I ask to anybody reading this) ?

Re: Is Haiku still compatible with R5 Pro?

Looks like Jerome Duval did create and checkin a PCMCIA raw bus driver some years ago:

http://svn.berlios.de/viewcvs/haiku/haiku/trunk/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/bus/pcmcia

Re: Is Haiku still compatible with R5 Pro?

Thanks, though it isn't in Haiku (revision 20797) ?
Update: I was told by Jérôme Duval that the link refers to "a Dano-compatible raw PCMCIA bus driver." and that "The PCMCIA-CS stack is not ported yet."